i have read (here actually: www.swimdcac.org/.../article5.html) that the bench press does more harm than good for swimmers. what is everyone else's opinion (and experience)??
When we were teen agers...doing dips were as easy as touching your toes.
Not saying these aren't good exercises. Just saying they're not terribly advisable if you have shoulder issues. And even if we're the same weight, aren't we a bit creakier? Plus, if it's an ab workout you want, there are many easier and safer ways to get it then bench pressing!
Geek: Try assisted dips or tricep kickbacks or planks.
I do lat pull downs and lat presses. You can also do hammers or bicep curls on a bosu -- then you get the arms and the core. Although I really have yet to master doing a superman streamline on a stability ball. That is hard!
When we were teen agers...doing dips were as easy as touching your toes.
Not saying these aren't good exercises. Just saying they're not terribly advisable if you have shoulder issues. And even if we're the same weight, aren't we a bit creakier? Plus, if it's an ab workout you want, there are many easier and safer ways to get it then bench pressing!
Geek: Try assisted dips or tricep kickbacks or planks.
I do lat pull downs and lat presses. You can also do hammers or bicep curls on a bosu -- then you get the arms and the core. Although I really have yet to master doing a superman streamline on a stability ball. That is hard!
